QualityLogic IEEE 2030.5 V2 Test Tools Due Year End

We started work at the beginning of July on a new version of the QualityLogic IEEE 2030.5 Test Tools and are making good progress. We are calling the effort the “Accelerator 2016 Program” and are grateful to our partners who have pre-ordered the new version.

Our current schedule is:

Enhancement

Release Date

Version

Available to:

Improved FTS CSEP

Nov Early Release

Interim 1.5

Accelerator Partners Only

CA Rule 21 CSIP

Nov Early Release

Interim 1.5

Accelerator Partners Only

Improved FTS DER

Nov Early Release

Interim V1.5

Accelerator Partners Only

Final V2.0

Dec Final Release

Final V2.0

All customers

The new features and enhancements in the V2.0 test tools include:

Improved Certification Testing with 34 new Conformance Tests in the FTS that enable a single tool set to conduct certification testing for either an IEEE 2030.5 Server or Client. As a reminder, these enhancements include two phases:

Support for IEEE 2030.5 Common California Rule 21 Implementation Guide (CSIP) for Smart Inverters in the Ad Hoc Testers.

The CA Rule 21 support will include the ability assign inverters to DER specific groups. This is important because it enables utilities to manage DER resources through aggregators. We are also improving the DER client code to support more complex test scenarios in Rule 21 applications. These are all currently defined functions and behaviors in the IEEE 2030.5 standard.